. The Jerry Garcia-directed film “The Grateful Dead Movie” will be back in theaters for one night (Thurs Aug 14th) — and for *the first time* it’s been remastered in 4K for IMAX and remixed for their high-end surround-sound speakers. (!) Revisiting the film, here’s some deets you may not know … or knew and […]
“The Grateful Dead Movie” — How It Was Made & Background
August 9th, 2025 · 9 Comments · Grateful Dead, Movies, Music
Tags: Albert Maysles·Betty Canter·Bill Graham·Bill Kreuztmann·Bob Weir·Candace Brightman·Dan Healy·David Lemieux·Don Lenzer·Gary Gutierrez·Jack Kerouac·Jerry Garcia·Leon Gast·Mickey Hart·Owsley Stanley·Phil Lesh·Ralph Gleason·Susan Crutcher·The Band·The Grateful Dead Movie·The Last Waltz·Wall of Sound·Winterland
17th Anniversary of Producing a Story a Month for BrianHassett.com
February 8th, 2025 · 7 Comments · Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac, Kerouac and The Beats, Movies, Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me
On this weekend 17 years ago — in the heat of the Democratic primary of 2008 between Hillary & Obama — I started BrianHassett.com. Every month since then for 17 years I’ve written at least one new piece for the site. “17” has been a weird number that’s followed me around my whole life from […]
Tags: Anne Murphy·Bob Weir·Carolyn Cassady·Janis Joplin·Jesus Christ·Joe Biden·Neal Cassady·Peter Jackson·Taylor Swift·The Beat Generation·The Beat Museum·The Beatles
Dead & Company at The Sphere in Las Vegas review
June 30th, 2024 · 7 Comments · Grateful Dead, Music, Real-life Adventure Tales
. Sphere & Laughing in Las Vegas photo by Jay Blakesberg for Dead & Company . This is the Acid Tests … in a two-billion-dollar spaceship! I’d been reading about The Sphere for years before it was ever built. It sounded too wild to be true! And of course I immediately thought how perfect […]
Tags: Acid Tests·Bob Weir·Dead & Company·Duke Ellington·George Lucas·Grand Canyon·Grateful Dead·Jay Lane·Jeff Chimenti·John Mayer·Las Vegas·Millennium Falcon·Oteil Burbridge·Sphere & Loathing in Las Vegas·Taylor Swift·The Sphere